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mqtt-exportervsSearXNG

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

mqtt-exporterSearXNG
Score48/10086/100
Rank in category#67 of 104 in Monitoring & observability#1 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars16838 961
Stars, last 30 days—+1 395
Stable releases, 12 months60
Latest releasemqtt-exporter-0.1.4 · 11 May 2026—
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITAGPL-3.0
Main languagePythonPython

Which one should you pick?

SearXNG scores 86/100 against 48/100 for mqtt-exporter, so it is the safer default.

mqtt-exporter ships more often: 6 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for SearXNG.

If you want the quickest setup, mqtt-exporter is easier to run; SearXNG needs more configuration.

SearXNG is growing faster right now (+1 395 stars in 30 days).

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